Dr. William Fulton Peairs and Bertha Franklin

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Husband Dr. William Fulton Peairs ^{1 2}

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           Born: 21 Nov 1865 - Mendon, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: John W. Peairs (1808-1884) 1
         Mother: Dinah Boyd (1827-1905) 1

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       Marriage: Oct 1896 3

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Wife Bertha Franklin ^{2 3}

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         Father: Herbert E. Franklin (      -      ) 2 3
         Mother: Jene Dalzell (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Clyde Peairs ³

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2 F Edith Peairs ³

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. William Fulton Peairs

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He was reared in his native place, attended the common schools, then the State Normal school, at California, Pennsylvania, after which he matriculated at Wooster University, at Wooster, Ohio. After finishing his course there he taught in the public schools, and meantime began to read medicine. In 1889 he gave up teaching and continued his medical studies under the preceptorship of Dr. J. W. Malone, of Blythedale, Pennsylvania. In the fall of the year 1890 he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, Maryland, whence he graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1892. He located in Suterville, Pennsylvania, in the same year, practicing for one year in partnership with Dr. J. N. McCune. He then purchased the practice and the residence of Dr. McCune, and built up a constantly increasing practice. He was president of the board of health, vice-president of the First National Bank, a member of Blythe Lodge, No. 503, F. and A. M.; Duquesne Chapter, No. 193, R. A. M.; Ascalon Commandery, No. 59, of Pittsburgh, and of Grace Lodge, No. 405, K. of P. His political sympathies were towards the Republican party.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 244.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 190.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 245.